“Сertainly there are people for whom anti-depression medication has allowed them to use difficulty to wake up, and I don't deny that at all, but as usual with us human beings, we've overdone it. We are self-medicating ourselves away from the great awakening moments, and losing our coping skills and losing wake-up calls.” PeopleHumansSelfMomentsUseHuman BeingsSkillsLosingDifficultyWake UpDenyAwakeningUsualCopingMedicationWake Up CallSelf Medicating Author:Elizabeth Lesser
“Have you ever played a video game that didn't have escalating levels of difficulty? Well, life can feel like play, too, when we purposefully engage in activities that demand we test and develop our skills.” FeelsWellsPlayGamesLevelsActivitySkillsDemandTestsDifficultyVideoEscalating Book:The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel Source: The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel
“Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties. He must have the courage to write the truth when truth is everywhere opposed; the keenness to recognize it, although it is everywhere concealed; the skill to manipulate it as a weapon; the judgment to select those in whose hands it will be effective; and the running to spread the truth among such persons.” WritingPersonsHandsRunningLyingWishFiveIgnoranceTruth IsSkillsJudgmentWeaponsOvercomingDifficultySpreadCombatManipulateSelectConcealedKeenness Book:Galileo Source: Galileo
“Then said he, ’I am going to my Father’s; and though with great difficulty I am got hither, yet now I do not repent me of all the trouble I have been at to arrive where I am. My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it. My marks and scars I carry with me, to be a witness for me that I have fought His battles who now will be my rewarder.’.... So he passed over, and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.” GivingHas BeensSaidFatherSidesTroubleBattleSucceedSkillsDifficultyMarkWitnessScarRepentTrumpetsPilgrimagePilgrims Progress Author:John Bunyan